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Mononoke Anime Film Reveals July 26 Release, More Cast, Full Title in New Teaser Trailer

Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa (Paper Umbrella).

The new cast includes (from left to right, starting with second character):

• Tomoyo Kurosawa as Asa
• Aoi Yūki as Kame
• Mami Koyama as Kayama

The film was previously slated to open last year, but was Hiroshi Kamiya will instead voice the protagonist the Medicine Seller in the film.

Kenji Nakamura is returning to direct the Mononoke film, with production at Twin Engine. The new staff include:

• Animation Production: EOTA
• Character Design: Kitsuneko Nagata
• Animation Character Designer, Chief Animation Director: Yūichi Takahashi
• Background Design: Yōichi Katōno
• Background Directors: Yōko Saitō
• Color Design: Kunio Tsujita
• Visual Director: Yoichi Senzui
• 3D Director: Kenichi Shirai
• Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
• Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
• Music: Taku Iwasaki
• Producers: Yūki Sudō
• Planning Production: Kōji Yamamoto

The Mononoke anime premiered in 2007 and aired for 12 episodes. The series is a spinoff of the Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales anime. Specifically, it follows the medicine seller from the "Bakeneko" (Goblin Cat) arc. The Mononoke anime has five arcs, the last of which is titled "Bakeneko."

Kenji Nakamura directed the television anime at Yasuharu Takanashi composed the music.

The anime previously released the series on DVD in North America in 2014.

Source: Press release